Başak Tekin Özden graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at METU and completed her MBA at Bilkent University. After starting her career at Koç Holding as a trainee in 1999, she was promoted to the position of Strategic Planning Expert and Manager. Between 2007 and 2012, she worked at the Tofaş Türk Otomobil Fabrikası A.Ş. as Strategic Planning and Business Development Manager, as Strategic Planning, Business Development, and Foreign Trade Manager, and then as Budget, Planning, and Commerce Control Manager. Between 2012 and 2019, she served as Corporate Affairs Coordinator at Koç Holding A.Ş. Since February 1, 2019, she has worked as Assistant General Manager of Financial Affairs at Tat Gıda Sanayi A.Ş.